The government is today expected to announce more help for so-called Jams - families who are 'just about managing' - in today's Autumn Statement.

Philip Hammond is expected to unveil measures to help families narrowly avoiding poverty and feeling left behind by globalisation.

With wages having suffered since the financial crash and house prices having risen, many consider themselves to be part of this demographic.

Jam households have at least one person in work, but are half as likely to have a degree as the rest of the population.

They are not always low-income households - those making as much as £50,000 a year could be included.

The expected measures include:

• Increasing the National Living Wage to £7.50 an hour from April 2017 and spending £4.3m each year to strengthen minimum wage enforcement

• Banning letting agents fees to help 4.3m households in private rented housing

• Reducing the Universal Credit taper rate to 63pc so people who progress in work can keep more of what they earn

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